Social enterprises empower communities | MIT News

MIT students launch social enterprises that work with communities to foster financial and environmental sustainability.

Laura Anca Chichisan | Public Service Center • mit
June 23, 2015 ~10 min

Powering desalination with the sun | MIT News

PhD student Natasha Wright makes water safe to drink for rural, off-grid Indian villages.

Julia Sklar | MIT News correspondent • mit
June 22, 2015 ~8 min


Teaching development skills on three continents | MIT News

Annual summit expands to three sessions, focused on recycling, health care, and empowering desert communities.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
June 12, 2015 ~7 min

A “graduation” from poverty | MIT News

Study: Anti-poverty intervention provides sustained boost to incomes and wealth.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
May 14, 2015 ~5 min

Advancing "lean research" for improved international development | MIT News

To help alleviate poverty, representatives from MIT D-Lab and Tufts Fletcher School focus on respectful, human-centered research practices in global development.

Lauren McKown | Nancy Adams | MIT D-Lab • mit
April 29, 2015 ~10 min

President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger visits MIT biophysics lab | MIT News

African leader tours the lab of Ibrahim Cissé, an assistant professor of physics.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
April 3, 2015 ~3 min

Satellite imagery can aid development projects | MIT News

New image-analysis methods can automate identification of cost-effective sites for grants or microgrids.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
March 23, 2015 ~9 min

Interdisciplinary medicine | MIT News

Senior Yiping Xing’s view of health care draws upon research, public health, and policy.

Julia Sklar | MIT News correspondent • mit
Feb. 9, 2015 ~7 min


MIT Water Summit brings experts together to discuss global water challenges | MIT News

More than 200 people attend second annual summit organized by the MIT Water Club.

Alissa Mallinson | Department of Mechanical Engineering • mit
Feb. 4, 2015 ~2 min

MIT-USAID program releases pioneering evaluation of solar lanterns | MIT News

First report of Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation offers new framework for assessment.

Lauren McKown | MIT D-Lab • mit
Jan. 20, 2015 ~7 min

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